Rebuilt SX70 Sonar with fun orange skins - updated for 600 film

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This is a rebuilt Polaroid SX70 Sonar with new fun orange skins. The camera has updated electronics to use the faster type 600 film cartridges, and a New Polaroid Originals Frog's Tongue installed.

The SX-70 Sonar offers a famous package of features:
- You see exactly what your taking a picture of, the view finder looks through the front photo lens
- The sonar auto focus (you can turn it off) will focus on items down to a foot out to infinity.
- The shutter auto adjusts from 1/175 second to 5 seconds
- Auto aperture adjusts from f8 to f22 (you can manually adjust too, which creates fun results with the 600 film)
- The glass lens is 116mm f8, 4 element

After rebuilding this Polaroid SX-70 Sonar, the camera has had its electronics updated for the use of 600 Style instant film.

The SX-70 Sonar from Polaroid used the SX70 Style film, that is fine. But, the 600 film is much faster (and currently Polaroid Originals offers a lot of frame choices for the 600 line only). The need to use 600 film is why most people move from a SX-70 to the SLR680. The update only impacts the use of the camera without a flash. Working best if well lit areas, a must for outdoor photography! When using a flash with this camera, the disposable flash bar is too bright for the 600 speed film so you should use a Mint Electronic Flash at 1/2 power.

A light pressure on the shutter button activates the Sonar Autofocus so you can see what will be in focus in your final print (great for depth photography).


I have scans of the original manuals available on my site: http://www.upcycledclassic.com/manuals/

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